Staff Sgt. Naveh Habshoosh, 20, an armored soldier in the 52nd Battalion of the 401st Armored Brigade, has been named as a fallen soldier in the tank incident in southern Lebanon, the IDF said Sunday.
The IDF on Sunday cleared for publication the name of Staff Sgt. Naveh Habshoosh, 20, from Geva Binyamin, an armored soldier in the 52nd Battalion of the 401st Armored Brigade, who fell in combat in southern Lebanon. He is the sixth soldier confirmed killed in the tank incident that occurred over the weekend, as the IDF had already named five fallen soldiers earlier this morning (from 07:49 Jerusalem).
The Zioneer's thread on this incident began at 07:49 Jerusalem on Sunday, when the IDF named all five soldiers from the initial reports: Lt. Col. Dor Gedalia Ben Simhon, Staff Sgt. Yoav Klein, Staff Sgt. Liav Kababia, Staff Sgt. Nir Ben Ari, and Staff Sgt. Naveh Havshush (listed at that time as the fifth casualty). By 08:05 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported that the tank—a Merkava IV—was struck by a Hezbollah anti-tank guided missile, citing an IDF statement. The identification of Habshoosh as the sixth casualty now updates that earlier list, which did not include him in the initial tally.
As The Zioneer reported at 08:16 Jerusalem, Habshoosh's father, Chaim Havshush, told Army Radio Sunday morning that his son had messaged him hours before the incident, suggesting he might return home on Sunday but asking him not to tell his mother. The family learned early Sunday that Naveh had been identified and would be brought home, but "not the way we planned." Havshush said the tank was in a problematic area, delaying recovery crews from reaching it immediately.
This incident adds to a heavy toll in southern Lebanon: as The Zioneer earlier reported in its background coverage, Staff Sgt. Naveh Habbush's father had written a moving tribute already on Friday, June 19, before the full scope of the tank crew's losses was publicly known. The funerals for Staff Sgts. Yoav Klein and Naveh Habshoosh were held Sunday, as reported by The Zioneer at 07:45 Jerusalem.
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- StrongNaveh Havshush's father writes moving tribute after son's death in Lebanon
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